shouting, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this sanctuary! Furthermore he has brought Greeks into the inner courts of the temple and made this holy place ritually unclean!”

And a voice from heaven said, “This is my one dear Son; in him I take great delight.”

The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread.”

“You have heard that it was said to an older generation, ‘Do not murder,’ and ‘whoever murders will be subjected to judgment.’

In everything, treat others as you would want them to treat you, for this fulfills the law and the prophets.

When Jesus heard this he was amazed and said to those who followed him, “I tell you the truth, I have not found such faith in anyone in Israel!

Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go; just as you believed, it will be done for you.” And the servant was healed at that hour.

And the men were amazed and said, “What sort of person is this? Even the winds and the sea obey him!”

Jesus sent out these twelve, instructing them as follows: “Do not go to Gentile regions and do not enter any Samaritan town.

Whenever you enter a town or village, find out who is worthy there and stay with them until you leave.

Whenever they hand you over for trial, do not worry about how to speak or what to say, for what you should say will be given to you at that time.

While they were going away, Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

“To what should I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to one another,

But when the Pharisees heard this they said, “He does not cast out demons except by the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons!”

And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? For this reason they will be your judges.

For this reason I tell you, people will be forgiven for every sin and blasphemy, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.

He replied, “You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but they have not.

For this reason I speak to them in parables: Although they see they do not see, and although they hear they do not hear nor do they understand.

The seed sown on rocky ground is the person who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.

He said, ‘An enemy has done this.’ So the slaves replied, ‘Do you want us to go and gather them?’